ventouse

== English == === Etymology === Possibly continuing Middle English ventouse, ventuse, ventose, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman ventuse; or perhaps a reborrowing directly from French ventouse, or both. === Noun === ventouse (plural ventouses) (obsolete) A cupping glass. (medicine) A suction cup-like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths. ==== Alternative forms ==== ventose === Verb === ventouse (third-person singular simple present ventouses, present participle ventousing, simple past and past participle ventoused) (obsolete) To cup; to use a cupping glass. === Anagrams === seven out == French == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle French ventouse, from Old French ventuse, ellipsis of Medieval Latin [cucurbita] ventōsa. Doublet of venteux and ventôse. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /vɑ̃.tuz/ ==== Noun ==== ventouse f (plural ventouses) plunger suction cup cupping glass ventouse (biology) sucker (slang) sucker (a person who sucks; a general term of disparagement) ==== Verb ==== ventouse inflection of ventouser: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Etymology 2 === Dialectal variant of venteuse, from Latin ventosus. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /vɑ̃.tuz/ ==== Noun ==== ventouse f (plural ventouses) an opening in a pipe, shaft, etc. to allow air flow === Further reading === “ventouse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === envoutes, envoûtes